Opinion
Not Much Cooling Linked to New CO2 Regulations
The impact on climate of these costly regulations would be so tiny, so close to zero, that it is not worth mentioning.
Opinion
Not Much Cooling Linked to New CO2 Regulations
Rather than reducing global warming, the Obama administration's new rules are designed to put essential industries under government control.
News
JLF: Mooresville Government Most Expensive Of Any Large City In North Carolina
RALEIGH — The average North Carolinian surrendered almost 4.4 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2011 budget year, according to a new report from the John Locke Foundation. That’s one of the key conclusions in the latest edition of By The Numbers, JLF’s yearly look at tax and fee collections by local government in North Carolina.
News
Annual ‘By The Numbers’ Report Spells Out Costs of Local Government
RALEIGH — Nominal (not adjusted for inflation) local collections essentially were flat in fiscal year 2010 as compared to the previous year. Because of inflation and population growth, those dollars went further for local governments in 2009.
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JLF Report Spells Out Local Government Spending Patterns
RALEIGH — Spending per capita by local governments rose in inflation-adjusted terms. And a timing issue prevented the personal income figures from reflecting the worst of the economic downturn.
Opinion
Cities and Counties Have Not Felt the Pinch from the Great Recession
RALEIGH -- The economy started to slow in fiscal 2008. Even so, local governments took in an extra half billion dollars -- revenues rose to $15.09 billion -- but all of it came essentially from higher property tax collections.
News
What Does Local Government Cost in N.C.?
RALEIGH— The average North Carolinian surrendered almost 5 percent of his personal income to fund city and county government in the 2008 budget year. That’s one of the key conclusions in the latest edition of By The Numbers, the John Locke Foundation’s yearly look at tax and fee collections by local government in North Carolina.
News
Local Government Costs on Rise
CHARLOTTE — The cost of local government continues to climb, according to the recent edition of By The Numbers, the John Locke Foundation’s analysis of tax and fee collections by localities in North Carolina.
News
Numbers Shows Government Grows
RALEIGH — The average resident of the median North Carolina county paid nearly $1,135 to fund city and county governments in 2005. That number is up by 1.3 percent from 2004 and by 7.5 percent from 2003, according to a new report from the Center for Local Innovation. Click here for chart of county and city tax burdens.
Opinion
No. 892: The Annual ‘By the Numbers’ Report
The Center for Local Innovation's By the Numbers report provides a realistic perspective of where local taxpayers' money is going.
News
Report: Government’s Costs Growing
CHARLOTTE — A new John Locke Foundation report highlights the ever-increasing cost of local government that North Carolina’s citizen-taxpayers pay. The report, By The Numbers, calculates the local tax burden in each of the state’s counties and municipalities. For fiscal 2003-2004, the average North Carolinian paid about $17 more for local government, after adjusting for inflation, than they did a year ago. Where does your city or county rank? Look at By the Numbers charts ranked by cities and counties.
Opinion
Going By The Numbers
A new CLI report on local tax burdens demonstrates why public policy matters in our everyday lives.
